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Security, the Philippines told the United Nations, need not be incompatible with human rights.
True enough. North Korea’s Kim Jong-un will agree. So will the Communist Party of China. It sounds more credible, of course, coming from Asia’s most... Read more

district of Teknaf. (AFP)
Who are the Rohingya?
They are an ethnic group, majority of whom are Muslim, who have lived for centuries in the majority Buddhist Myanmar. Currently, there are about 1.1 million Rohingya who live in the Southeast... Read more

The Rohingya issue is something that has been dominating the headlines, certainly in India, on the diplomatic front for the last few weeks. The reason for this perhaps is that the junior home minister had said all Rohingya in India would be... Read more

Who are the Rohingya?
The Rohingya are an ethnic minority in Myanmar, which originates from the Indian sub continent. For several centuries they have lived predominantly in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine - also known as Arakan. They are... Read more

Delhi must show some magnanimity
Over 379,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh. India should come forward to help the refugees. The reasons are threefold: maintaining a tradition of generosity, and economic and strategic... Read more

The Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's last redoubt was a ditch by a drainpipe. According to the most reliable accounts he was tormented with a bayonet before he was shot dead. Later they put his body on display in an industrial freezer.
The Iraqi... Read more

The Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's last redoubt was a ditch by a drainpipe. According to the most reliable accounts he was tormented with a bayonet before he was shot dead. Later they put his body on display in an industrial freezer.
The Iraqi... Read more

The Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's last redoubt was a ditch by a drainpipe. According to the most reliable accounts he was tormented with a bayonet before he was shot dead. Later they put his body on display in an industrial freezer.
The Iraqi... Read more

Nairobi/Dakar/Brussels — Vigilante groups have been successful in providing local security. But subcontracting security functions to vigilante groups for counter-insurgency purposes is a dangerous option for fragile African states. African leaders... Read more

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Who are the Rohingya Muslims?Who are the Rohingya?
They are an ethnic Muslim group who have lived for centu

Who are the Rohingya?
They are an ethnic Muslim group who have lived for centuries in the majority Buddhist Myanmar. Currently, there are about 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims who live in the Southeast Asian country.
The Rohingya speak Rohingya or... Read more

the secret network behind mass surveillance, endless war, and Skynet...
INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a new crowd-funded investigative journalism project, breaks the exclusive story of how the United States intelligence community funded,... Read more